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The "many eyes" fallacy persists because there's a grain of truth lurking inside.

Of course, the "many eyes" are not enough to fix bugs. What you need are "many hands", as in "many hands make light work". The reason why open development models trump closed development models is because closed shops have a fixed number of staff, generally managed so they have as little slack as possible.

Open development models, on the other hand, are open to the possibility that someone out there (someone you never met,

That story worked well for about ~30 minutes (IIRC). Just enough drama and suspense to keep it interesting. Either a longer version will be a masterful screenplay, or it'll suck eggs.

Now, if they make this a montage, and include some other short stories, like The Misfortune Cookie [the-croc.com], and A Little Peace and Quiet [the-croc.com], then you have something approximating a good episode of the New Twilight Zone.;-)

: 1. What is the possibility of this being added in the future?
In the near future, the probability is close to zero. In the distant
future, I'll be dead, and posterity can do whatever they like... :-) --lwall

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